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Verdi La Forza del Destino

0 %|Jun 10, 2014|

This performance of 2014 can be considered as a reference on account of the quality of the vocal material involved and because the daring staging of Austrian Martin Kušej is rich in meaning within the context of the global challenges of today. He proposes a reflection on war, on vengeance and also on the mark of guilt which ends with the joie de vivre and the expansion of passions. In the intimacy of Calatrava, his is a post-Bauhaus picture of a Fascist neatness which then contrasts with the chaos of battles, the abyss of misery and the sexual stampede after triumph or failure. In this context, religion, instead of being a consolation is both an escape and the tomb of humanity; the chapel wherein Leonora hides is made out of huge crosses and in one of them, just for a moment, Don Álvaro seems crucified by his fate.

Featured Crew

Ángel de Saavedra
Original Story
Giuseppe Verdi
Compositors
Martin Kušej
Director
Francesco Maria Piave
Writer
Martin Zehetgruber
Production Design

Cast

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Jonas Kaufmann
Don Alvaro
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Anja Harteros
Donna Leonora
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Ludovic Tézier
Don Carlos de Vargas
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Nadia Krasteva
Preziosilla
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Vitalij Kowaljow
Padre Guardiano
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Renato Girolami
Fra Melitone
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Vitalij Kowaljow
Marqués de Calatrava
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Francesco Petrozzi
Mastro Trabucco
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Asher Fisch
Conductor